So many things are running in my mind right now, overwhelming my thoughts. It seems that the immediate relief to this situation is to type without regard. I could have written more about work in this post, but today isn’t the day to do that.
The current dilemma: what media-sharing platform can I use to upload photos I take from my adventures and mundane activities?
Yesterday, while my friends talked about their Instagram updates, I wondered if I should make a new account (because it’s been six years since I deleted mine). The thought came from my yearning to show off the photos I took from my travels, which only reached as far as my friends’ messaging apps.
Since last year, people I came across kept telling me to make an Instagram account. But I’ve been there, and I don’t want to go back. I feel like the kind of work I want to show the world doesn’t belong there. I want to be somewhere else, untethered from the social media giants.
A quick online search could generate helpful alternatives, and out of all I’ve read, I resonated more with Pixelfed, a decentralized media-sharing social network.
Just as I jumped ship to Mastodon after Twitter stopped supporting its integration feature with WordPress, I feel like I might put up a Pixelfed account soon. Or I may even start posting photos in my Mastodon account instead.
For now, I’m still weighing in on whether I should publicize my whereabouts in photos or keep them in my local media storage.
Meanwhile, if you’ve been tired of being tracked in your social media accounts, open-source, decentralized social media platforms might be for you. You can say goodbye to ads and say hello to being in control of your home feed like I did with Mastodon.
Check out my Mastodon account here.
jessa 